How to do the Bhishma Panchak puja at home

The bath, til-water to Bhishma, Vishnu ji's puja with the day's own flower, and the japa.

1. Morning

   The morning bath

   1. Bathe in the morning — in a river where one is near, or at home with a few drops of Gangajal in the water.
   2. Put on clean clothes and sit facing Vishnu ji.
   

2. Morning

   The sankalp for five days

   1. Take a little water, akshat and a flower in the right hand.
   2. Say, in your own words, your name and gotra, and that from today, Kartik Shukla Ekadashi, to Purnima you keep the Bhishma Panchak vrat for Vishnu ji.
   3. Let the water flow to the ground before Him.
   

3. Morning

   The diya for five days

   1. Fill a large diya with ghee and a long wick, and light it before Vishnu ji.
   2. Set it where it is safe and the wind will not take it: it is kept burning day and night until Purnima.
   3. Fold your hands for the verse.

   Deepa · 2 lines

   दीपज्योतिः परब्रह्म दीपज्योतिर्जनार्दनः।dīpajyotiḥ parabrahma dīpajyotirjanārdanaḥ.The flame of the diya is the Supreme Brahman; the flame of the diya is Janardana.

   दीपो हरतु मे पापं दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तु ते॥dīpo haratu me pāpaṁ dīpajyotirnamo'stu te.May the diya take away my wrongs. O flame of the diya, I bow to You.
   
5. 4. Water to Bhishma
   5. Arghya to Bhishma
   6. Avahan: inviting Vishnu ji
   7. Abhishek
   8. Chandan and kumkum
   9. Lotus at the heart
   10. Bilva at the waist
   11. Ketaki at the knees
   12. Chameli at the feet
   13. Tulsi manjari over the whole form
   14. Dhoop and guggul
   15. The bhog
   16. The Vasudev mantra, 108 times
   17. The aarti
   18. Kshama prarthana

   These 15 steps, with their drawings and mantras, are in the app

The diya that burns through the five days seen to, the japa again, and sleep on the floor.

1. 1. The diya seen to
   2. The japa, and the floor

   These 2 steps, with their drawings and mantras, are in the app

The morning after Purnima: daan first, then the vrat is opened.

1. 1. The last bow
   2. Daan, before the meal
   3. The parana

   These 3 steps, with their drawings and mantras, are in the app